Your lovely letter arrived yesterday= OJ 6/7, [17]. In the evening, I went to Mr. Temming straightaway. Unfortunately he is on a
business trip and is not returning until Sunday. For
your purposes, that is too long to wait. Moreover, it is not absolutely necessary. I can
give you very precise information. First of all, let me merely explain the number 7. When I
approached Mr. Temming, and won him over
to my plan for a grant to the universities, I "consented" to
100 issues [of Der Tonwille] at 1 mark each.
Later on, a price increase was introduced. I was thus faced with the painful situation that
Temming might be skeptical concerning
my ignorance: generally speaking, a book should not suddenly cost half again as much
overnight. That is indeed a business plan of the UE that would also damage you financially. (To say nothing of
a price of 2 marks!!!).

I asked Mr. Temmingvery casually whether it would be all right with him – in
order that I keep to the original agreement – if I reduced the number [of copies given to each university] to 7. He was in favor
of my doing what I thought best. I retained all 10
departments, [following three words underlined by
Schenker, in coloured pencil]with 7 copies. The difference seemed to me so small that I
did not wish to hold you up further. Now I see that this was, after all,
unavoidable.

{2} Thus, it was I† who made the
smaller order of 7 x 4 copies for each of the music
departments named.

I would have been able to find out from Mr. Temming only whether UE
also filled this order properly, something that would have been possible by inspecting the
paid invoices. If UE has not filled
the order properly (something that I cannot find out until Monday, you perhaps sooner from your lawyer), then a thoroughly monumental
sabotage has taken place. I have my doubts about this, and also I do not know [following six words underlined by Schenker, in coloured pencil]the details of the individual suscriptions. I shall yet
ascertain this. In any event, you can reckon on that fact that [following eleven words underlined by Schenker, in coloured pencil]7 subscriptions for 10 departments, and 10 individual subscriptions
were arranged. If they were not implemented, then only UE is at fault. A proper company ought to
be in a position to account for the [following word underlined by
Schenker, in coloured pencil]80 subscriptions.

I have not read the January issue of
Die
Musik. But have you read Bekker's most recently published book? At the moment, I do not know its title.
He categorizes the individual directions taken by music theory and most
emphatically does not reckon you among the
hermeneutists. He seemes to write more carefully for posterity than
for the daily newspapers.

Most intimate greetings from us to you. And please write if you need
further explanation.

Your lovely letter arrived yesterday= OJ 6/7, [17]. In the evening, I went to Mr. Temming straightaway. Unfortunately he is on a
business trip and is not returning until Sunday. For
your purposes, that is too long to wait. Moreover, it is not absolutely necessary. I can
give you very precise information. First of all, let me merely explain the number 7. When I
approached Mr. Temming, and won him over
to my plan for a grant to the universities, I "consented" to
100 issues [of Der Tonwille] at 1 mark each.
Later on, a price increase was introduced. I was thus faced with the painful situation that
Temming might be skeptical concerning
my ignorance: generally speaking, a book should not suddenly cost half again as much
overnight. That is indeed a business plan of the UE that would also damage you financially. (To say nothing of
a price of 2 marks!!!).

I asked Mr. Temmingvery casually whether it would be all right with him – in
order that I keep to the original agreement – if I reduced the number [of copies given to each university] to 7. He was in favor
of my doing what I thought best. I retained all 10
departments, [following three words underlined by
Schenker, in coloured pencil]with 7 copies. The difference seemed to me so small that I
did not wish to hold you up further. Now I see that this was, after all,
unavoidable.

{2} Thus, it was I† who made the
smaller order of 7 x 4 copies for each of the music
departments named.

I would have been able to find out from Mr. Temming only whether UE
also filled this order properly, something that would have been possible by inspecting the
paid invoices. If UE has not filled
the order properly (something that I cannot find out until Monday, you perhaps sooner from your lawyer), then a thoroughly monumental
sabotage has taken place. I have my doubts about this, and also I do not know [following six words underlined by Schenker, in coloured pencil]the details of the individual suscriptions. I shall yet
ascertain this. In any event, you can reckon on that fact that [following eleven words underlined by Schenker, in coloured pencil]7 subscriptions for 10 departments, and 10 individual subscriptions
were arranged. If they were not implemented, then only UE is at fault. A proper company ought to
be in a position to account for the [following word underlined by
Schenker, in coloured pencil]80 subscriptions.

I have not read the January issue of
Die
Musik. But have you read Bekker's most recently published book? At the moment, I do not know its title.
He categorizes the individual directions taken by music theory and most
emphatically does not reckon you among the
hermeneutists. He seemes to write more carefully for posterity than
for the daily newspapers.

Most intimate greetings from us to you. And please write if you need
further explanation.

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